Chapter 1: Better than You

"I'm not going to argue with you about this anymore, Sterling. I think this situation pretty much speaks for itself," Mallory matter of factly stated.

She and her son were tied to chairs, back to back in a small apartment. They were sitting the center of what looked like a disaster area. A broken television set, an old lumpy blue couch covered in blood with a dead body lying limp right in front of it with bullet holes made in both the person and the piece of furniture. The wall behind them was covered in blood as a second dead body was slumped against the wall.

"I really don't think this is the time you guys!" Lana urgently reminded them.

The agent was backed up against the wall with her hands in the air as her eyes nervously shifted between the three people holding guns to her. She herself had run out of ammunition, rendering her weapon completely useless.

"This situation, mother, wouldn't have happened if you would have been a better mother!" Sterling argued, doing his best to turn and look over his shoulder at her.

The elder woman rolled her eyes. "You think every bad situation could have been avoided if I had been a better mother. Please tell me something I haven't heard yet."

"Alright, how about this? Lana is ten times better than you at being a mother!"

Lana was starting to notice that the trio was growing annoyed with the bickering, rolling their eyes and looking back over their shoulders. The one looked as though he were about to yell at the two. She was hoping that this might be her chance to do something, to attack and perhaps get one of their guns away from them.

Out of the corner of her eye however, she saw a small pair of pink bunny ears emerge from behind the couch. Her heart skipped a beat as she realized the kid had followed them here, right after she had gotten done explaining to her why they could not bring her.

"Please, she can't even aim a gun," Mallory retorted. "If she could we would all be home by now."

Lana did her best to watch the child as she tried to not pull any of the attention her way. So far they all seemed pretty distracted by the Archer duo. She could see though, Louise climbing up onto the bookshelf, a smirk on her face as she did so.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was busy trying to babysit you two! Maybe if I could hear myself think over your whining!" Lana called out, in hopes of keeping them all from looking to the bookshelf.

Louise got to the top, steadying herself as she took a second to watch the group. Then, without any hesitation, she jumped, hitting the woman's shoulder causing her to fall down and take out the two men with her.

"Ha!" She yelled, standing to her feet as she looked down and pointed.

Lana quickly grabbed one of the guns and kicked the other two towards Sterling and Mallory before grabbing Louise and running.